Tadpole adventures: Week 1


Tadpole adventures at Chater


On Tuesday we were surprised to see something exciting in Nursery and Reception classrooms.  Each class now has a tank of frogspawn. 

Mrs Spinage has collected it from a friend's pond.  It was laid in a pond by a female frog.  Each egg is a black spot inside a ball of jelly.



Here is a picture of the frogspawn in class on Tuesday.  Can you see how the 'black spot' now looks like it has changed shape?  This is the tadpole beginning to grow.


After a day the tadpoles came out of the eggs and rested for the day on the bottom of the tank.  

The next day they started swimming around.  



 You can see some feathery gills at the head end.  This is how the tadpole breathes under the water.  We have begun to feed them some cucumber.  The tadpoles seem to like it!



Maybe you can find out more about tadpoles and how they will eventually turn into frogs.  Check back on this blog to see how they grow and change.


In the meantime here are some things you could talk about with your family:

How are frog eggs (frogspawn) different to the duck eggs we recently showed on the blog?

Do you know about any other baby animals that come from eggs?

Can you think of any other baby animals that look very different to their parents?



 

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